Express-Sequelize backend server template

To get started:

• Clone this repo: git clone https://gitlab.com/ctf-tech-2023/backend-template
• Reset the git remote repo URL: git remote rm origin
• Set new git remote URL: git remote add origin https://gitlab.com/ctf-tech-2023/new-repo-name
• Remove the template environment files from git alone: git rm -r --cached *.env*

Project setup:

• Edit package.json to reflect the new name and URLs
• Edit README.md to reflect project details
• Run npm i to install all dependencies
• Before running sequelize-cli commands while developing, make sure to set $env:NODE_ENV='development' on Windows, or NODE_ENV=development on Linux/MacOS
• Env config:
  • .env - All things common to all environments (port, mailer creds, JWT secret, admin data access creds, etc.)
  • .env.development - Development environment (dev captcha secret, dev DB details)
  • .env.staging - Staging environment (dev captcha secret, staging DB conn. string) - for sysadmins
  • .env.production - Production environment (production captcha secret, prod DB conn. string) - for sysadmins
• Staging: npm run staging_prep and npm run staging to deploy on Render after configuring a new web service on Render dashboard